Three out of four men arrested by Huntington Beach police on suspicion of conspiring to kill a woman for monetary gain were released last week after the Orange County district attorney's office declined to prosecute them, according to county Sheriff's Department records.

A Huntington Beach man convicted of murdering a 21-year-old woman three years ago was sentenced Friday to 55 years to life in state prison.
Ean Keith Brown, 41, was convicted Feb. 4 by an Orange County Superior Court jury of one count of second-degree...

A Huntington Beach woman pleaded guilty to playing a role in a fatal shooting at Murdy Park in 2010.
Marissa Star Bilotti, 23, pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to voluntary manslaughter, assault with a deadly weapon and burglary. She also admitted to being armed...

A Santa Ana man charged with murder in the stabbing death of a Huntington Beach resident pleaded not guilty Monday in Orange County Superior Court.
Rito Samuel Tejeda, 23, also denied using a deadly weapon, a possible sentencing enhancement. A trial-setting conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. Feb. 6 at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.
Tejeda is being held at the Theo Lacy jail with bail set at just over $1 million, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
He is accused of stabbing...

A Huntington Beach man accused of fatally strangling a 21-year-old woman in 2012 is to go to trial Tuesday.
Ean Keith Brown, 41, is charged with one count of murder, plus a possible sentencing enhancement for earlier convictions for second-degree robbery in 1995 and burglary in 2008.
Opening statements in the murder trial are scheduled for 9:15 a.m. at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
Brown could face 85 years to life in state prison...

Fifteen people, including a doctor and a pharmacist from Huntington Beach, are facing charges of defrauding insurance companies of more than $100 million by mass-producing, distributing and prescribing an expensive toxic medication.
Three of the accused also are charged with manslaughter after a baby boy died as a result of exposure to the cream, the Orange County district attorney's office said.
Pharmacist Curtis William Hague, 42, Dr. Rahil Rashid Khan, 46, and the other defendants were scheduled to...

A man accused of trying to kill his roommate in a Fountain Valley hospital pleaded not guilty to murder charges Monday.
Orange County prosecutors say Ibrahim Yousef Battat, 36, used his hands to cover the nose and mouth of a 91-year-old man sharing his room at Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center on June 4.
Battat, a Laguna Niguel resident, is accused of beating the elderly man until a nurse and another patient stopped him.
The victim suffered a broken finger, major cuts to his head and a swollen...

A Fountain Valley man was convicted of shooting to death a 17-year-old Santa Ana boy whom authorities described as his rival.
Reda Hassan Safieddine, 20, was found guilty by a jury Thursday of one count of second-degree murder and one count of brandishing a weapon, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
He faces a maximum sentence of 40 years to life in state prison. Sentencing is set for Nov. 7 at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.
On Aug. 13, 2012, Safieddine, then 18,...

A man shot and killed by Huntington Beach police on Saturday is suspected to have fired multiple shots from a handgun during a confrontation with an officer, according to the Orange County sheriff's department.
Eric Marquez, 26, of Orange, was shot and killed by an officer, who has not been identified, at Silver Lane near Glencoe Drive around 7:46 a.m.
According to evidence and witness reports, Marquez is suspected to have fired multiple shots from a handgun that was recovered from the suspect's...

The children of a woman who was killed two years ago during a mass shooting at a Seal Beach salon have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her alleged killer.
Chelsea and Chad Huff are suing Scott Dekraai, of Huntington Beach, for unspecified damages in the death of their 47-year-old mother, Michelle Fournier, at her workplace in Seal Beach on Oct. 12, 2011.
The Huffs are the latest complainants to file suit against the suspect. According to their lawyer, Susan Sneidmiller, a total of nine complaints...